/**
 * Copyright 2007 Charlie Hubbard
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 * implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 * permissions and limitations under the License.
 */
package sharetime.web.view.flexjson;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * This annotation is used by {@link flexjson.JsonSerializer} to include or
 * exclude fields from the JSON serialization process. You may annotate fields
 * or methods with this, but be consistent if you start doing one vs. the other.
 * Typically this will be used to exclude fields that should never be included
 * in the serialization. For example the password of a User.
 */
@Retention(value = RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target( { ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD })
public @interface JsonAttribute {
	boolean include() default true;
}
